Guidelines For The Importation/Exportation of Human Remains To & From Jamaica

NON CREMATED REMAINS

All arrangements, including the payment of expenses for the transportation of human remains, are the responsibility of the family members of the deceased. Only Registered Funeral Homes with a licensed Embalmer will be issued with Transit Permit to Import or Export Human Remains.

The family or representatives must:

Make the necessary arrangement with a funeral home in the relevant country to handle all arrangements for transportation of the body, including with the airline for flying the body home;

seek permission in writing from the pertinent authority (e.g. police) in the particular area where the death occurred, for the body to be released to the funeral home;

Make the necessary arrangements with a funeral home in Jamaica to receive the body on arrival at the airport and make the necessary arrangements for burial or cremation.

THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS ARE TO ACCOMPANY THE HUMAN REMAINS TO JAMAICA:

Official Death Certificate stating the cause of death issued by the pertinent authority; (Required)

Free From Infection Certificate: Document from originating country’s Health Authority advising that the death was not due to any communicable disease; (Required)

Embalming Certificate/Embalmer’s Affidavit issued by the funeral home indicating the manner in which the body was prepared and that the coffin contains only the body in question (Required)

Form of Acknowledgment by the Coroner or Post Mortem Report (where applicable)

Funeral Director’s Declaration: Statement of Assurance which advises that the remains have been placed in a hermetically sealed (air tight) casket or lead coffin, in cases where persons died from communicable diseases;

Copy of identification: a Birth certificate, Death Record or passport

Permit to Dispose of or Transport Human Remains.(Required)

The above information must to submitted to the Kingston and St. Andrew Health Department or the St. James Health Department of the Ministry of Health prior to the arrival of the remains. This is to facilitate the issuance of the Transit Permit.

CREMATED REMAINS

If the human remains were cremated abroad, the following documents issued by the relevant authorities must accompany the remains to Jamaica:

Official Death Certificate/post mortem report (stating name, age and cause of death); (Required)

Cremation Certificate, completed by the funeral home, (Required but if not available this is usually indicated on the Death Certificate in the “Method of Disposition”) (Required)

Transit Permit.

Please be advised that the Transit Permit issued by the Kingston and St. Andrew Health Department, or the St. James Health Department is to be obtained prior to the arrival of the cremated remains.

If the Transit Permit is not obtained prior to arrival, the cremated remains will be examined by Customs and detained at the Airport, until the Permit is obtained.

DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR EXPORTATION OF HUMAN REMAINS

Please note: only registered Funeral Homes with licensed Embalmers will be issued with Transit Permits for the Export of Human Remains

The following documents are required to be presented to the Kingston and St. Andrew Health Department, or the St. James Health Department of the issuance of a Transit Permit/Non-Communicable Disease Certificate:

Death Certificate – with the cause of death ( Required)

Embalming Certificate ( Required)

Autopsy Report (where applicable)

Fee: JA$6000

Contact:

Ms. Andrea Squire

Kingston and St Andrew Health Department,

1A Caledonia Crescent, Kingston 5

Tel: +1876 926-1550-2

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